How Many People Are Named Zenna?
An estimated 358 people in the United States have the first name Zenna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Zenna peaked in popularity in 2023 with 24 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zenna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Zenna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
358
About 1 in 957,414 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2023
24 births
Total Registered
517
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zenna
Zenna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 517 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zenna as a female name
Ranked #6,895 in 2024
17 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (24 births)
Zenna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zenna span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 137 babies were registered. While Zenna is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Zenna by Decade
How has Zenna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Zenna by State
Zenna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zenna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zenna
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zenna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zenna?
We estimate approximately 358 people named Zenna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 957,414 Americans share this first name.
Is Zenna a common name?
Zenna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 517 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zenna most popular?
Zenna reached peak popularity in 2023, when 24 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zenna is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zenna a female name?
Zenna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zenna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zenna Smith, Zenna Johnson, Zenna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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